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' HJ BUSCH CLOTHES HANGER Filed Jan. 20, 1915 Patented ct. 7, 1924.-

UNITED STATES HERMANN BUSCH, F KIEL, GERMANY.

CLOTHES HANGER.

Application filed January T 0 all 'whom t may concern: n

Be it known that I, HERMANN BUSCH, a citizen of Grermany,l residing at Kiel, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Hangers, of whichV the following 1s a specification.

Clothes hangers such as have been generally used heretofore, consisting simply of a bent-wire suspension hook and a garment receiving*cross-piece'or bar, have the disadvantage that they are awkward to handle. Particularly ywhere largenumbers of these hangers are used, such as for example in clothing stores, is this disadvantage an item of importance. The employees of such stores. are inclined to seize the clothes on such hangers by gripping the hanger, not

- by the hook but by the wooden or other cross-piece, since gripping the hook would be very inconvenient and would also easily lead to injuries to the hand or fingers. Since the wooden or other cross-piece of the hanger is covered by the respective garment, the repeated gripping of the garment at the same place is `quite likely to injureit to a considerable extent.

It has been proposed to obviate these disadvantages by bending the portion of the wire, `which leads. from the garment supporting bar directly to the suspension hook portion, into a loopy to form a handle by which the complete hanger may be conveniently seized or carried.y This arrangement has not been satisfactory in practice because, especially in the case of heavy clothing, the- `full weight of the clothing is borne by and ydeforms the loop handle.

The present invention is directed toward overcoming this latter difliculty; and to this end I bend a'wire in such manner as to form, in addition to a stem or shank portion what are in `effect two sections each rof which has an independent function to perform, one acting as the suspension hook and the other as the carrying handle. The stem or shank portion extends from the garment supporting bar and continues into a hook portion, the wire continuing from the outer end of the hook portion into a handle portion, from which the wir-e then returns substantially to l the stein portiomwith respect to which it is rigidly fixed, as forr example, by being anchored in the cross bar in which'the stem portion is anchored. In this construction, with the two ends of the wire being anchored with respect to each other, deflection of the 2o, '1915. serial No. 3,412.

hook portion is i' resisted not only by the LA),

stiffness of that portion of the ywire but also `by the. wire vwhich forms the handle portion, andk similarly the hook portion assists in opposing a bending strain applied to the handle portion. Since the hanger is practically always suspended when/in use, it follows that the handle portion is subjected to stress only for relatively limited periods,

"and I have found in practice that this stress lis not suilicient to deform or distort the handle when the wire used therein is of only the usual strength.

In the accompanying drawings, in Figs. 1 to l() inclusive, I have shown a number of specific forms in which my invention may be embodied in practice.

In each of these figures the hanging or suspension hooky portion has been designated by the letter a, and the carrying handle portion by the letter t. The wire, it willbe noted, extends upward from the cross-piece c to the point a where it is bent into the form of a hook. The wire is then bent back upon itself into the form of a handle 79,' and, in the specific embodiments of the invention shown, is then continued on back to the cross-piece c. By this construction hook and handle portions are provided which are independent of each other in the sense that they are separately engaged when the garment is hung or carried and at the same time, by reason of the hook and handle portions being located between two portions of the wire which are rigidly fixed with respect to eachother, the hook portion is reinforced by the material of the handle portion `and vice versa. Since the wire is bent back upon itself at the edge or mouth of hook a, sharp points `are eliminated there. As shown in Fig. 8, the two ends of the wire may be twisted before their entry into the wooden cross-piece in order to anchor the wire leading from the handle portion to the shank or stem, and thus provide a more rigid fixture. In Fig. 10, the carrying handle portion is provided with padding; this modification is especially adapted for use with heavy garments.

I claim l. A garment hanger suspending' and handle portion comprising a length of wire formed with a stem portion continued into a hook portion, and from the outer end of the hook portion continuing into a handle portion, and from the handle portion re turned vto the stem portion and rigidly anchored with respect thereto, to enable the bending resistance of the handle portion to assist in opposing the bending of the hook portion and `vice versa.

2. A garment hanger suspending and handle portion comprising a length of Wire formed with a stern portion, a hook section and a handle section, the wire of said stern portion continued into one oli' the two said sections and from that to t-he other of said sections and returning from the latter to the said stem portion and anchored with respect thereto.

3. A garment hanger suspending and handle portion comprising a length of Wire formingat one end a stern portion, continuing from the upper end of the stein portion into and through a curved hook por,- tion, and from the outer end of the curved hook portion upwardly and across above the hook portion to forni a handle portion and then downwardly to a point adjacent to the stein portion andv rigidly lixed with respect thereto.

4L. In a garment hanger a suspending and handle portion comprising a length of Wire forming at one end a stein port-ion, continuing from the upper end of the stein portioninto and through a curved hook portion, and from the outer end of the curved hook portion upwardly and across above the hook portion to forin a handle portion and then downwardly to a point adjacent to the stem portion and rigidly fixed with respect thereto, all parts formed by the Wire being disposed substantially in the sanie plane.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence o-two Witnesses.

HERMANN BUSCH. lllitnesses JULrUs RPKE, Offro LAU. 

